zeppelin

n. dirigible airship of German design

n. family name; Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German army officer, developer of the first rigid airship in 1900

This is an article about Zeppelin airships. For general article about airships, see airship. For the constructor, see Ferdinand von Zeppelin. For the British rock band, see Led Zeppelin. For the knot, see Zeppelin bend. Zeppelins are a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by aviation pioneer David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid dirigibles. It was also know as the blimp. Zeppelins were used for passenger transport as well as for military purposes, operated by the Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG). DELAG, the first commercial airline, served scheduled flights before World War I. After the outbreak of the war, the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and scouts.
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Noun
1. German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
(synonym) Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
(hypernym) inventor, discoverer, artificer

Noun
1. a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
(synonym) Graf Zeppelin
(hypernym) airship, dirigible

n. zeppelin, Count Zeppelin, manufacturer of airships

n. zeppelin, dirigible airship of German design, blimp, airship

n. zeppelin, dirigible airship of German design